(n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.
(n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
(n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
(n.) An emblem of hope.
(n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
(n.) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
(v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
(v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
(v. i.) To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
(v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.
(n.) An anchoret.
Example Sentences:
(1) The haplotype of the recombinant X chromosome of each of 241 backcross progeny has been established using the X-linked anchor loci Otc, Hprt, Dmd, Pgk-1, and Amg and the additional probes DXSmh43 and Cbx-rs1.
(2) The popularly used procedure in Great Britain is that in which a sheet of Ivalon sponge is sutured to the sacrum and wrapped around the rectum thus anchoring it in place.
(3) The company also confirmed on Thursday as it launched its sports pay-TV offering at its new broadcasting base in the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, that former BBC presenter Jake Humphrey will anchor its Premier League coverage.
(4) Since the introduction of osseointegrated titanium implants for bone-anchored facial and dental prostheses, an increasing number of irradiated patients are being treated with this technique.
(5) The brain enzyme did not contain components characteristic of the glycolipid anchors of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterases.
(6) Our findings support the proposal that bcd transcripts are selectively recognized and trapped as they enter the anterior tip of the oocyte, and suggest that this localization process is mediated by anchored sequence-specific receptors in the oocyte cytoplasm.
(7) Sanders, the Vermont senator and self-described democratic socialist, first answered questions from Fox News anchor Bret Baier over his comments in Sunday’s debate that white people “don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto”.
(8) A truncated anchor-minus form of the G2 glycoprotein was found to be secreted into the culture medium, but was retained in the Golgi complex when coexpressed with the G1 glycoprotein.
(9) Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1 molecules that were either transmembrane- (H-2Db) or glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored (Qa2) were labeled with antibody-coated gold particles and moved across the cell surface with a laser optical tweezers until they encountered a barrier, the barrier-free path length (BFP).
(10) This lipid has a hybrid nature of an archaeal feature in alkyl glycerol diether core portion and an eucaryal feature in the polar head group identical to the conserved core structure (GlcNp(alpha 1-6)-myo-inositol 1-phosphate) of glycosylated phosphatidylinositol which serves as a membrane protein anchor in eucaryal cells.
(11) Ultrastructurally these glands had apical microvilli with associated glycocalyx and long anchoring rootlets.
(12) This was confirmed by the crystal structures, which also showed that the Gln46 amide is hydrogen bonded to the Phe100 N and O atoms, and tightly anchored in this position.
(13) Each of the two chemically identical subunits folds into a three-layer domain anchored by a large six-stranded mixed beta sheet.
(14) A group of proteins anchored to the cell by phosphatidylinositol (PI) has recently been identified.
(15) In conclusion, the N-linked sugar chains are not required for in vitro activity but required for in vivo activity, acting as anchors for the essential terminal sialic acids.
(16) Replacement of the COOH-terminal hydrophobic domain with a signal peptide that normally functions in membrane translocation, or with a random hydrophobic sequence, results in efficient and correct processing, producing GPI-anchored DAF on the cell surface.
(17) Since the corresponding keto analogue, N-[(R)-2-benzyl-5-cyano-4-oxopentanyl]-L-phenylalanine (compound 4), does not inactivate the enzyme, it is suggested that the NH in compound 1 is critical for the proper active-site anchoring of the inhibitor for the inactivation process to take place.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald Trump questions US citizenship of ‘anchor babies’.
(19) This tissue may anchor the lead so that it is difficult, dangerous, or impossible to remove it.
(20) The anchoring wire can also be retracted and repositioned.
Impart
Definition:
(n.) To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth.
(n.) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
(n.) To communicate the knowledge of; to make known; to show by words or tokens; to tell; to disclose.
(v. i.) To give a part or share.
(v. i.) To hold a conference or consultation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The suggested method is used to estimate the fraction of energy imparted to vital organs only.
(2) Since protein synthesis could not proceed in those cells because of the lack of energy and tryptophan, the data indicate that an unknown mechanism exists which imparts some mutations with the resistance to antimutagenic repair in the absence of the inducible mutagenic system.
(3) At the former site the membrane overlying the bud showed an electron opaque thickening which imparted to the mature particle an asymmetrical appearance.
(4) Discussion still continues regarding whether self-tolerance is imparted within the thymus by the thymic epithelial cells (TEC) or by the bone marrow-derived (BMD) dendritic cells and macrophages.
(5) A more likely explanation for the inhibition, which is supported by our data, presented here and elsewhere, is that certain surface components of meningococci are capable of imparting immunosuppressive signals directly onto target lymphocytes.
(6) Preliminary results indicated that immunization with attenuated cercariae was capable of imparting protective immunity in mice.
(7) The presence of significant right-sided heart failure also imparts a worse prognosis.
(8) The results of this study suggest that the "old" dental curriculum was successful in imparting knowledge concerning traditional dental subjects and preventive dentistry, but less successful in imparting knowledge concerning basic and medical sciences, behavioural subjects and in relating theoretical and practical skills.
(9) Biochemical analysis showed that red pigmentation of tumor cells was imparted by pteridines and carotenoids, most of which were detectable in normal adult erythrophores.
(10) Differences in ovulation rate, embryo survival, litter size, and fertility are presented for four lines of mice that have been selected for growth or are homozygous for a recessive gene (hg) imparting rapid postweaning gain.
(11) But right now none of that is the problem: the problem is that this amendment expressly removes the right of organisations such as Marie Stopes and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service to impart information.
(12) "The much larger than initially expected economic and fiscal costs of the 11 March earthquake are magnifying the adverse effects imparted by the global financial crisis from which Japan's economy has not completely recovered," Moody's said.
(13) High Hopes , assembled from cover versions, songs left off recent albums and new versions of old favourites, appears on the surface to have no central message to impart.
(14) This selectivity of responsiveness imparted by oxytocin might contribute to the blunted release of TSH after suckling.
(15) The processing of pro-ConA apparently imparts biological activity to this lectin.
(16) These findings raise the question of the potential involvement of some gene or oncogene, perhaps the p53 oncogene, which might impart a survival advantage to the malignant cells.
(17) The law no longer requires that certain information be imparted to the patient prior to testing for the human immunodeficiency virus.
(18) The multiple-unit records were post processed based on the unique physical characteristics imparted to each spike via the tissue medium and spatial geometry of cells.
(19) My dear stoic father, honest as the days are long, was looking, for once in his life, thoroughly jangled, and I kept wanting to impart upon him mentally the wise words of Grandpa Abe Simpson : "They say the greatest tragedy is when a father outlives his son.
(20) It was found that the sorbitol-gelatin imparted more satisfactory stability (r = +0.18) to the freeze-dried virus suspensions than did the glutamic acid-lactose.